gl OP keep working on your game.. All about that mindset. Keep truckin.

Ty sir!

Dude, I've been a big winner at 2nl. If you want some advice/help with hands feel free to send me some. I'll PM you with my Skype.

You raped this hand. The K is bad for you, since his range includes a ton of AK, KQ and the like. You will only get him to fold hands you only beat and get snap called by AK/KQ etc when you spass jam over his turn cbet. The other hands you posted here are also terrible. You're not beating NL2.

Mostly agree. Thanks for taking the time to look over the hands and share your thoughts!

Don't mean to be mashing down on you now, but your graph at NL2 does not look like a winning player. You should be able to easily beat NL2 for at least 5BB/100, and even 7-10BB is probably easily achievable.

Some more input from the hands on this page (EDIT: last page):

KK hand: Don't bet the turn. You have a hand with decent showdown value. Check turn and try to showdown your hand or bluff catch the river. Raising the river is just spew.

JQdd hand: I would probably just fold this pre, as I don't think people 3b light enough at NL2. Not a major mistake though, calling is certainly fine. Bet flop when checked to is fine. Over betting turn with your combo draw is not good, it screams weakness and/or confusion, i.e. quite easy to put you on some draw that you don't know what to do with. Continue betting turn for 1/2-2/3 of pot is standard, trying to make him fold KK/QQ and stuff like that. If he calls turn as well, I'm probably shutting down OTR, if I don't spike my draw.

From looking at graphs it seems you are either running like total ass or being hyper aggro in the wrong spots.

you blow

Thanks again for your thoughts. I find your analysis sound.

Clearly these graphs do not reflect a winning 2NL player.

shot at 5NL went well. I'll take a 2BI shot at 10NL tomorrow. BR is 100$

thanks man! I might take you up on that if I can't move up fast

Why are you taking a shot at 10nl with 10 buy ins?

you really should have a higher winrate at NL2 before moving up to NL5 especially with under 30 buyins. From what I've seen from your posted hands you are playing way too loose at the limit. people dont fold at NL2, if they reraise they always have a hand. I beat nl2 at 14bb/100 over 30k hands or so from just playing very basic poker. value bet your made hands and fold the rest.

Awesome. Keep it up.

To get as far away from 2NL as I can.

I fu*in hate 2 NL

Lmao me too. Playing for pennies, hell nah.

I am going on a holiday so I won't be playing for 2 weeks. I'll post some hands to get your thoughts on.

Shot at 10NL so far>

#1

some BvB madness

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): $11.60
CO: $11.35 (VPIP: 31.67, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 63)
BTN: $12.45 (VPIP: 38.30, PFR: 23.40, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 49)
SB: $10.07 (VPIP: 18.12, PFR: 11.41, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 157)

SB posts SB $0.05, Hero posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has T 9

fold, fold, SB raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.60, 2 players) 2 3 Q
SB bets $0.37, Hero raises to $1.02, SB calls $0.65

Turn: ($2.64, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero bets $1.30, SB raises to $2.90, Hero calls $1.60

River: ($8.44, 2 players) A
SB checks, Hero bets $7.38 and is all-in, fold

Judging by the graph of 10nl and that last hand you are mucho aggro papi!
Did you have some solid info about villain so you took that line or not?

#2

give money?

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $10.44
SB: $10.00 (VPIP: 12.96, PFR: 12.96, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 55)
BB: $13.45 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 83)
UTG: $5.86 (VPIP: 48.48, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 34)
MP: $13.18 (VPIP: 22.86, PFR: 15.71, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 70)
CO: $22.04 (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 15.69, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 54)

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has Q T

UTG calls $0.10, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.10, fold, BB checks

Flop: ($0.35, 3 players) A 8 9
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.24, fold, UTG calls $0.24

Turn: ($0.83, 2 players) 7
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.59, UTG calls $0.59

River: ($2.01, 2 players) 5
UTG checks, Hero bets $5.00, UTG calls $4.93 and is all-in

#3

Can I ever not lose money here? Did I ****-up the hand OTT?

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: $4.54
BTN: $11.40 (VPIP: 32.14, PFR: 26.79, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 59)
SB: $9.87 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
Hero (BB): $10.00
UTG: $18.27 (VPIP: 20.13, PFR: 16.88, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 163)

SB posts SB $0.05, Hero posts BB $0.10, CO posts penalty blind $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.25) Hero has 2 2

fold, CO checks, fold, SB calls $0.05, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.30, 3 players) Q 2 K
SB bets $0.29, Hero raises to $1.16, fold, SB calls $0.87

Turn: ($2.62, 2 players) T
SB bets $1.25, Hero raises to $2.50, SB calls $1.25

River: ($7.62, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero checks

#4

I know I should bet turn 2/3-3/4 pot and give up river, that's what I normally do in this spot, but as played, how bad is the river bet?

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $9.59 (VPIP: 17.14, PFR: 15.71, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 71)
BB: $11.32 (VPIP: 29.17, PFR: 20.83, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 54)
UTG: $9.95 (VPIP: 7.14, PFR: 7.14, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)
CO: $20.28 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 30)
Hero (BTN): $10.15

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has 4 5

UTG raises to $0.30, fold, Hero raises to $1.05, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.25, 2 players) 3 Q 7
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.07, UTG calls $1.07

Turn: ($4.39, 2 players) A
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($4.39, 2 players) 5
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.14, UTG calls $3.14

#5

Is raising this Turn better than calling against this kind of player?

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: $17.81 (VPIP: 32.61, PFR: 18.12, 3Bet Preflop: 3.64, Hands: 142)
BTN: $10.96 (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
SB: $11.21 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 21)
Hero (BB): $10.30
UTG: $10.00 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)

SB posts SB $0.05, Hero posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has 7 5

fold, CO raises to $0.30, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.65, 2 players) T 5 4
Hero checks, CO bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.45, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, CO bets $0.89, Hero calls $0.89

River: ($3.23, 2 players) 8
Hero bets $3.05, CO calls $3.05

RFI 50 from BTN and 40 from SB, wts 25% out of 20, AFq 62% (57/67/75). Not that big a sample but still...the man was asking for it

Should I post more hands or am I losing you?...

I am not good at this forum thingy